Early retiree Gloria Weidman must decide if the very mysterious younger man she's falling for is just a smooth-talking serial killer with a talent for fiction or an immortal with a killer backstory, like he says.

When a series of grisly, inexplicable murders rocks her small East Texas town, Gloria is inspired to write again but finds her research keeps leading her back to Henry Wynter, a new student in her Community Center writing course. Henry begins penning the intoxicating tale of the first Roanoke settlers and the horrifying monster stalking them on their voyage to the new world and Gloria is entranced. By Henry's talent and - well - Henry. Using his writing to court her, Gloria is reluctantly drawn into Henry's world. And his arms.

As Henry's historical thriller begins to eerily parallel the present mystery, Gloria loses track of what is real and what is not. So when Henry confesses the story he's writing is his own and he is immortal, she doesn't know what to believe...but finds you're never to old to transform yourself.

The Transformation of Gloria Weidman

Length 82842 words